Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] to a [noun sg] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | At first she managed from their home up in Yorkshire ; later , as the pace grew more hectic , she moved down to a suite at the Adelaide in London . |
| 2 | His lean , muscular body was tanned , presumably from his years in Australia , and while the hair on his legs had turned to gold the triangle of hair on his chest was dark and tapered away to a point at the base of his flat stomach , disappearing beneath the band of his black swimming-trunks . |
| 3 | As the freight train came slowly to a halt at the loop stop signal near the box , the fireman told the signalman of their problem who in turn reported the incident to the train control . |
| 4 | While Liz was nibbling pistachio nuts , surveying dominions , Shirley , hot , red and angry ( but not appearing to be angry ) was listening yet once more to her mother-in-law 's description of her digestive system and what the doctor had said about the swelling of her legs , a commentary which followed closely upon her complaints about the absence of her two older grandchildren who had ( in Shirley 's view very wisely ) buggered off to a disco at Maid Marian 's Nitespot . |
| 5 | Oxford United got off to a flyer at Notts County thanks to a goal after only eight minutes from Nick Cusack … |
| 6 | He walked over to a door at the far end of the office and flung it open . |
| 7 | Later that month Alistair went along to a reading at the Screenplay Society in Earl 's Court . |
| 8 | After a dinner at the famous Kaiserhof Hotel , chosen because Hitler had made it his headquarters before he came to power , the Joyces went back to a party at the Reichsrundfunk building . |
| 9 | Gooch , having exceeded the mighty Hammond 's Test aggregate , edged into his stumps ; Hick messed up an attempted pull against Waqar ; Smith was held brilliantly by the substitute fielder at third slip ( Latif also happens to be the deputy wicketkeeper ) ; and on the stroke of tea Stewart , having batted imperiously for four hours , fell disappointingly to a catch at cover off slow left-armer Mujtaba . |